NEVER MIND

Wait a minute. Did Marlon Brando tell the Toronto Globe and Mail the other day that his just-completed film “The Freshman” was a stinker and because of it, he was retiring? What he meant was it has a “screamingly funny” script, featuring “wonderfully comedic portrayals,” “imaginative” costuming, “perfect sets” and the best crew he had ever had the pleasure of working with.

Retirement? Au contraire. Brando says that if he’s offered a role in a sequel, he’ll be happy to accept. At least, that’s how the 65-year-old star feels in a lengthy apology released through his publicist. Brando, blaming his dyspeptic comments to the Toronto paper on “trying times of a personal nature,” had praise for director Andy Bergman and discounted his hasty put-down of “The Freshman.”

“Clearly, I was wrong about the quality of the picture,” Brando said of “The Freshman.” “It is clear to me that the movie contains moments of high comedy that will be remembered for decades.”